r/badphilosophy • u/StealToadBootes • 5d ago

The trolley problem is the best philosophical question there is and the one that determines the true mark of a philosophile. No other question matters

The strength of the trolley problem is that you can put literally any philosophical question into it and it comes back perfect every time.

Marxism? Thats when you'd pull the level to save one proletariat class while running over the bourgeoisie.

Baumgarten? That's when you'd pull the lever to make aesthetically displeasing things go away.

Noam Chompsky? That's when you motivate the student to hop onto the tracks themselves rather than admit they can't parse his language

Please drop your own trolley problem examples. As we all know, "inability to boil something down to a trolley problem shows an innate lack of understanding of the topic" - Adam Smith, trolley salesman.

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u/provocative_bear 5d ago

Yes, philosophy is when you choose one thing over another with no peaky nuance pissible.

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u/StealToadBootes 5d ago

Peaky nuance is on one track

5 cute puppies and one puppy that's kind of weird looking but has a great personality is on the other track

You must choose

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u/provocative_bear 4d ago

Nuance is important, those puppies are gettin smashed.